| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday; CL:个 |
| 日落 | rì luò | sundown; sunset |
| 旧日 | jiù rì | former times; olden days |
| 时日 | shí rì | time; auspicious time; time and date; long period of time; this day |
| 逐日 | zhú rì | day-by-day; daily; on a daily basis |
| 尼日尔 | Ní rì ěr | Niger (African state); Niger River, West Africa |
| 纪念日 | jì niàn rì | day of commemoration; memorial day |
| 前日 | qián rì | day before yesterday |
| 末日 | mò rì | last day; end; final days; doomsday; Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology) |
| 日食 | rì shí | solar eclipse |
| 有朝一日 | yǒu zhāo yī rì | one day; sometime in the future |
| 全日制 | quán rì zhì | full-time work |
| 光明日报 | Guāng míng rì bào | Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper |
| 日新月异 | rì xīn yuè yì | daily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments; rapid progress |
| 日头 | rì tóu | sun (dialect); daytime; date |
| 解放日报 | Jiě fàng rì bào | Liberation Daily, www.jfdaily.com |
| 不日 | bù rì | within the next few days; in a few days time |
| 度日 | dù rì | scratch out a difficult, meager existence |
| 落日 | luò rì | setting sun |
| 蒸蒸日上 | zhēng zhēng rì shàng | becoming more prosperous with each passing day |
| 工人日报 | Gōng rén rì bào | Workers' Daily, www.grrb.com.cn |
| 日俄战争 | Rì É Zhàn zhēng | the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan |
| 日全食 | rì quán shí | total eclipse of the sun |
| 日本海 | Rì běn hǎi | Sea of Japan; Korean: East sea 东海 |
| 夜以继日 | yè yǐ jì rì | night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort |
| 日间 | rì jiān | daytime |
| 与日俱增 | yǔ rì jù zēng | to increase steadily; to grow with each passing day |
| 光天化日 | guāng tiān huà rì | the full light of day (idiom); fig. peace and prosperity; in broad daylight |
| 日历 | rì lì | calendar; CL:张,本 |
| 狂人日记 | kuáng rén rì jì | Diary of a madman by Lu Xun 鲁迅 |
| 翌日 | yì rì | next day |
| 太阳日 | tài yáng rì | solar day |
| 旬日 | xún rì | (lit.) ten days; short period |
| 不可终日 | bù kě zhōng rì | be unable to carry on even for a single day; be in a desperate situation |
| 定日 | Dìng rì | Tingri town and county, Tibetan: Ding ri rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet |
| 日报 | rì bào | daily newspaper |
| 日语 | rì yǔ | Japanese language |
| 一日千里 | yī rì qiān lǐ | lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress |
一日为师, 终身为父 | yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù | lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom) |
| 不可同日而语 | bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ | lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable |
| 不见天日 | bù jiàn tiān rì | all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice |
| 世界日报 | Shì jiè rì bào | World Journal, US newspaper |
| 世界末日 | shì jiè mò rì | end of the world |
| 中国日报 | Zhōng guó Rì bào | China Daily (an English language newspaper) |
| 中国航海日 | Zhōng guó Háng hǎi Rì | Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 郑和 in 1405 AD |
| 中央日报 | Zhōng yāng Rì bào | Central Daily News |
| 中日 | Zhōng Rì | China-Japan |
| 中日关系 | Zhōng Rì guān xì | Sino-Japanese relations |
| 中日韩 | Zhōng Rì Hán | China, Japan and Korea |
中日韩统一表意文 字 | Zhōng Rì Hán tǒng yī biǎo yì wén zì | China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs; Unihan |